Colour

#42F9DE

#42F9DE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#42F9DE is a cyan with RGB values 66, 249, 222 and HSL 171°, 94%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#42F9DE#42F9DE

HEX#42F9DE

RGBrgb(66, 249, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.9765, 0.8706

RGB percentages25.9%, 97.6%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(171.1, 93.8%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 73.5%, 97.6%)

CMYK73.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,389,342

CSS custom property--colour: #42F9DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#BD0621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEEADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5D8E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FDF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11 Aquamarine · ΔE 11.5 Aqua · ΔE 14.5 Cyan · ΔE 14.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F9425D

Analogous#42F983, #42B8F9

Triadic#DE42F9, #F9DE42

Split complementary#F942B8, #F98342

Tetradic#8342F9, #F9425D, #B8F942

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D6FEF8

Lighter +20%#A5FCEF

Lighter +10%#73FBE7

Darker −10%#11F7D5

Darker −20%#07CEB1

Darker −30%#059D87

Darker −40%#036C5C

More saturated +25%#3CFFE2

Less saturated −25%#5AE1CD

Channel breakdown

R66

G249

B222

Red66 (25.9%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue171.15°

Saturation (HSL)93.85%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G F9 · B DE

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